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Episode Notes
Chad Hughes welcomes Mike Anderson, Manager of Surface Land at Tamarack Acquisition Corp, to the show. Chad centers this episode around Indigenous participation in the industry. Mike is able to shed a lot of light on what Tamarack has been doing in their approach to building relationships and creating opportunities for Indigenous communities through their projects.
Mike has been a surface land agent in Alberta for twenty-two years and progressively made his way up through junior, intermediate, and senior oil companies. He cites Tamarack’s CEO Brian Schmidt for the drive Tamarack has to help blood tribes and Indigenous communities. Mike explains that Brian’s goal is to leave Indigenous communities in areas where Tamarack operates better off as a result of their involvement than those communities were before.
Mike shares lessons he’s learned throughout his career that have positively impacted the way he approaches consultation now. He unpacks some key advice for Chad in this episode, including the importance of in person meetings and entering conversations and communities with an open heart and willingness to listen. Mike believes leadership from the top, from the CEO, helps to set the tone for how business in Indigenous communities is done, but that each individual also needs to approach people with respect and the intent to build a meaningful relationship.
“My personal philosophy on it is how many Indigenous people have you got boots on the ground working on a job. To me, that’s a more meaningful impact to the community, because you’ve got unemployment benefits and whatnot that are going directly into the community and impacting people. … in my view, Indigenous involvement in the resource industries is having actual Indigenous people employed, and on the ground, and an involvement in the communities through community benefits and various other things like that.” – Mike Anderson
About Michael Anderson:
Born in Edmonton in 1976, moved to Calgary when I was 4 and have lived in Calgary ever since. I have been involved in land acquisition since 2000 and with Indigenous Consultation since 2001. I have worked at land brokers, in-house at junior, intermediate and senior E&P companies, and have had my own consulting business since 2016. I am currently the Manager, Surface Land at Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. I am married to my wife who is also employed in land and have a 12 year old daughter.
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Chad Hughes | CEO, Entrepreneurial Leader, Author: website |linkedin
Michael Anderson | Manager, Surface Land at Tamarack Acquisition Corp: website | linkedin
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